...My first Kagome/Sesshomaru ficcage.
Also, my first ficcage that isn't a One-shot, or a Song-fic...or a One-Shot Song-fic.

Note: I'm doing some major re-editing and re-evaluating with this story, so readers, bear with me please.

Standard Disclaimer applies.

enjoy x)

Broken Promise

How did it end up like this? Where did it all go wrong…where did I go wrong? Was it my fault? What happened? I gave him everything, and he threw it all away like it was absolutely nothing. He even promised! I didn't make him…but he did anyways; but then again…he didn't really…

Kagome lay there on the forest floor, curled up into a tight insecure ball…much like how she was feeling at the very moment. She squirmed and whimpered in hopes of making the horrible images disappear, but they never did. They only came back with more force than before. She couldn't believe he would do something so horrible, so low, and so disgusting. And with that thought in mind, the images flooded through, teasing and corrupting her soul, filling her heart with the bitterness of betrayal...

Kagome skipped happily through the forest of Inuyasha, the only place—besides Inuyasha's warm embrace—that made her truly feel safe. She had just returned from taking her English exam—her final exam to be exact—from her era. But that was not the reason she was so cheerful today. No…that was by far the reason. Kagome sighed as she felt her chest well up in giddiness just thinking about why she was so happy. One word…

Inuyasha

Before she had gone home, which was about three days ago, Inuyasha had wanted to talk to her…privately. She had been extremely nervous at the time, but as soon as they were alone, he had turned to her and stared at her with such an intensity she almost fainted. All nervousness and doubt had fled from her mind.

God, how she had always wished for the moment where he would stare at her like that, his amber eyes swirling with every emotion she had ever seen. There was only one word to describe what she saw shining in his beautiful eyes at that moment…

Love

Yes, that was what she had seen at that very moment; love. And what made her happier was the fact that he wasn't staring at Kikyo at the time…no; he was staring straight at her.

She could still remember what he had said to her, and she could never forget the promise he had made to her…although she still held doubts. He had taken her to the Goshinboku and was too nervous to even look at her. It all felt like some fairytale dream…

"Kagome, I've been meaning to talk to you for a while, but I couldn't find the right moment to do so…" he paused and hesitated; suddenly realizing how interesting the floor was at that moment.

Kagome frowned.

"Inuyasha, what is it? You know that you can tell me anything, right?" she said, smiling sweetly in reassurance.

Inuyasha nodded his head, still staring at the ground.

"Then what is it? Come on, you can tell me…I'm like your best friend remember." She inwardly cringed. 'I'll never be anything more than that to him…I'll never be more than a best friend. But then what was with that look he had given me? Was it real? Or was I just seeing things?'

She was snapped out of her train of thought when he started to talk again.

"I know that, but I just…I'm sorry okay!" he said rather gruffly as he huffed and crossed his arms over his chest.

Now she was totally lost. Sorry? What was he to be sorry about? Gods, sometimes Inuyasha could be so darn confusing that she just wanted to pull her hair out in frustration.

" Inuyasha, I don't get it…why are you apologizing to me for? As far as I'm concerned, you haven't done anything to me…yet." She mumbled the last part under her breath, although it was rather pointless, since he was a demon—albeit a half-demon—with great hearing.

"Feh! Stupid wench…" he mumbled back, glaring at her while pouting like a four-year old at the same time.

She rolled her eyes, but couldn't help but smile at his childish antics. But, back to the matter at hand…

"Whatever Inuyasha." She said with a giggle. She then straightened up and wiped imaginary dust off of her school uniform when she noticed he was staring at her as if she were crazy. "Ahem…so, what's this about you being sorry? I kind of don't get it…" she trailed off when she noticed his gaze immediately soften.

Inuyasha sighed. "Kagome…I'm just sorry okay…" he trailed off, turning his back on her. But there was something about his voice…it sounded so desperate, so sad. He was in pain, and she wished she could forgive him and take away that pain but she couldn't, because she had no idea what he was talking about.

"Sorry about what Inuyasha?" she whispered, taking a comforting step closer towards him. Gods how she wished she could take away his pain, to hold him close and tell him everything was going to be all right. She felt so utterly useless at the moment.

As soon as the whispered words had escaped her lips, Inuyasha had whipped around with a newfound intensity in his eyes. It was mixed with anger and frustration, but also filled with guilt and desperation. She felt her heart constrict in her chest with sympathy. But his voice was what scared her the most—It did not make her fear him, she just feared what was happening inside of him, what he was going through. She was scared at the fact that she couldn't help him because…she didn't know how—but his voice was so broken, so tormented, so…un-Inuyasha.

"Don't you get it Kagome? I'm sorry! For everything! For the names I call you, and for the way I treat you…but most of all…" his voice ended off in a broken whisper as he saw the tears flowing freely down Kagome's already reddened cheeks. Inuyasha lifted his clawed hand and wiped away her tears. But as soon as his hand made contact with her cheek, he visibly winced. His hand felt so rough against her smooth delicate skin.

It just made him realize how different they actually were. He was gruff, rude, and sometimes heartless…while Kagome…she was gentle, nice and had the biggest heart of all. She was everything he was not, she was his opposite, and she was utterly perfect.

"…But most of all, I'm sorry for leaving you all alone." He finished while gazing at her with an unknown emotion…one that she had never seen in Inuyasha's eyes before. This was all too much for her. Why was he so sorry all of a sudden? He never cared before about what he did to her or how he hurt her constantly…so why now? And what did he mean by leaving her all alone? He would never do that, well, as far as she was concerned. He was always by her side, ready to protect and defend her life no matter what came their way. The only time he ever really left her alone was when he would sneak off and go find…WAIT! That's probably what he meant when he said that he was sorry for leaving her all alone…

She hesitated. Was he really sorry? Did he really mean what he was saying to her at that very moment? But most importantly, would he go off and do it again?

"Kagome…all those times I left you behind to go see her…Kikyo…—" she didn't miss the way he said her name with such a longing, or the deep look in his eyes when he spoke of her. She inwardly sighed…god; he could be such an idiot at times.

"—I never realized how much it really must of hurt you, or how lonely you felt. And I'm sorry for the fact that I was the one who made you feel such undeserved pain. I just…I never…ugh! I'm so stupid sometimes!" he cried out in frustration.

He really was sorry…he didn't mean all the things he did. It was just so hard for him to express his true feelings, especially to someone like Kagome. He never really cared about what others thought about him, their opinions never really mattered to him, and not even Kikyo's opinion mattered to him at times, well, when she was alive…

But for some reason, although he would never openly admit it (he still had a problem admitting it to himself), he was self-conscious around Kagome. It seemed like her opinion was the only one, besides his mother's, that actually counted. He cared about what Kagome thought of him. He just never realized this bit of information before.

"Inuyasha, do you…do you mean it?" came the quiet, soothing voice that could only be known as Kagome's.

"Are you kidding me? Of course I mean it. Kagome, you…you mean the world to me. And I don't know what I would do without you…" Kagome gasped, but fell silent as he continued on.

"Which is why I'm going to promise to stick by your side, no matter what, just like you have always done for me." He said with a gentle smile. Kagome was absolutely speechless.

"You mean…?" she trailed off, not daring to ask the question that plagued her mind.

"Yes Kagome…I promise that yours is the only face I will run a thousand miles to see. Yours is the only face I will kill a thousand demons to touch…" he said as he cupped her face in his two clawed hands.

"…And yours is the only face I will cherish and hold deep within my heart." He finished while gazing softly into her eyes. Time seemed to freeze at that very moment, leaving the two to gaze at each other unblinkingly for what seemed like eternity.

"Oh, Inuyasha…" she choked out, feeling the familiar burning hot sensation behind her eyes.

He broke eye contact with her and removed his hands from her face, only to replace them around her shoulders while squishing her to his lean, built chest. He embraced her lovingly, nuzzling his noise into her neck, breathing her scent in every second or so. It was not long after before he felt her tiny arms wrap themselves around his torso in return. He smiled as he laid his cheek on top of her head, sighing contently.

"Inuyasha…" she whispered."…You shouldn't make promises you don't plan on keeping…"

He only tightened his hold on her in return.

She cried and whimpered more at the memory of his promise, the one she knew he couldn't keep. After all, she was still lying on the cold forest floor like a broken doll.

It was his entire fault. It wasn't the fact that he made a promise that she knew he couldn't…no, he wouldn't keep. It was the fact that he had broken the promise, right there in front of her. Well, he didn't know that she was there at the time; she was hiding behind a tree. But that wasn't the point! What she was really hurt by was the fact that he had broken the promise in less than a minute after she had left to take her English exam. She wasn't there to actually catch him in the act; she was informed by Miroku, Sango and Shippo that he had gone off to see the dead priestess right after she had left. Inuyasha was such a mutt.

She laughed bitterly, her whole body shaking with the eerie sound. She remembered when they had told her that. She had immediately turned around and said that they were wrong, and that her Inuyasha wouldn't do something like that because he had promised. She had said that they must have been confused, and that it was someone else that they had seen. She remembered the look of pure pity on their faces when she had told them this. She knew that they knew that she knew she was lying. She was so stupid it was pathetic. Or maybe she was just so pathetic that she was stupid. But that didn't matter at the time.

She had convinced herself that he cared for her, and that he wouldn't go back on his promise. The promise that he made to her, proving that he wouldn't leave to go see that corpse. She had believed the words he had said to her. God she was so pathetic…or was it stupid?

She was so sure that he wasn't with Kikyo, that she had even gone off on her own to go find him and prove it herself—now that had to be the most stupid things that she could have ever done. She had no idea what kind of heartbreak was waiting for her when she would reach her destination.

She was so naïve it was sickening, even to her. All doubts about Inuyasha breaking his promise to her were in the back or her mind, cast aside and forgotten completely. That was her second mistake, and soon-to-be downfall. She should have listened to the pleas of her friends behind her; she should have heeded their words. But, she was only human...a stupid, pathetic, naïve little human.

She stumbled and came to an abrupt but silent stop. Her heart was pounding wildly against her chest. Her eyes felt like they were tapped open. And the only coherent thought that went through her head at that moment was…

It was only to be expected…

There, in front of her was none other than Inuyasha…and Kikyo. They were both in a strong, passionate embrace, kissing each other the way lovers usually did. And then, Inuyasha's mouth trailed lower, and lower, until it landed on its desired destination; Kikyo's neck. And then, he bared his sharp canines and clamped them down on her overly pale skin.

Kikyo didn't wince, didn't feel a thing, but had moaned all the same. Kagome's noise wrinkled up in disgust and she turned her head away until the awful noise of Kikyo's moans died on her tongue. She turned her head back just in time to hear Inuyasha's not-to-soft whisper to Kikyo.

She felt her knees buck at that moment, and had to grip onto the tree she was hiding behind to support herself. She watched as the loving couple smiled at each other and embraced once more. Her body shook with rage as she saw Kikyo lay her head on Inuyasha's shoulder and smirk, silently saying 'I win, you lose'.

She turned away and ran as fast and as far as she could, Inuyasha's whispered words floating through her head every second she ran. Her legs burned and her head hurt like crazy. He lied…she knew he would, but the fact that he did it anyways hurt.

She collapsed in the middle of a clearing. Why! Why was she so stupid, why was she so pathetic, why didn't she listen to what her friends had told her? After everything he put her through, why did she feel like she still loved him? And why couldn't she stop asking herself pointless questions that would just make her cry even more? Why…

She curled up into a ball and hugged her knees close to her chest as she cried harder than she ever did in her entire life. Her legs still burned from the previous running she did, and her head still pounded. Her mind was blank, with the exception of Inuyasha's whispered words to Kikyo, still floating around inside her head.

"Kikyo…yours is the only face I will cherish and hold deep inside my heart. I love you…my mate…"

And that's how she ended up where she was now, curled up in a tight insecure ball crying her eyes out. And when she thought it couldn't get any worse, it started pouring rain. She tightened her arms around her legs and squeezed her eyes shut, letting the rain soak her battered body and wash the tears from her face. And that's exactly how he had found her…

...(hops away)